Reset Bandwidth not working?

[nobaloney]

Today I noticed on one of my severs the bandwidth tally wasn't properly resetting.

I found and executed these two commands:


# echo "action=cleanreset&value=all" >> /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue
and

# echo "action=tally&value=all" >> /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue
and nothing has changed.

Do I need to wait until tomorrow? Or am I missing something?

Thanks.

Jeff

[smtalk]

Check /var/log/cron to see if the command got executed and crond is running. You can also try processing task.queue manually:

echo "action=cleanreset&value=all" >> /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue
/usr/local/directadmin/dataskq d

[daveyw]

Check /var/log/cron to see if the command got executed and crond is running. You can also try processing task.queue manually:

echo "action=cleanreset&value=all" >> /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue
/usr/local/directadmin/dataskq d
Before running the last command of smtalk's post remove the already executed command in the task.queue file.. otherwise it will run more then once.

[nobaloney]

Thanks to both of you, Martynas and daveyw.

I always check the contents of my task.queue when troubleshooting, so I know whether it's been run or not.

I'm no longer sure the problem is real; perhaps just perceived: one client has had greater and greater use every month, and I presumed it was a problem with the usage.

However I'm just checking the client today for the daily bandwidth breakdown and I get at: https://host.example.net:2222/CMD_BANDWIDTH_BREAKDOWN?user=xxxx

Date Apache Email Ftp DAdmin Other Total Sent Emails
2010 09 01 964.6 MB 3.62 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 964.6 MB 4
2010 09 02 322.9 MB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 322.9 MB 0
2010 09 03 380.2 MB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 380.2 MB 0
2010 09 04 358.9 MB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 358.9 MB 0
2010 09 05 220.5 MB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 220.5 MB 0
2010 09 06 464.4 MB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 464.4 MB 0
2010 09 07 223.7 MB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 223.7 MB 0
total 2.87 GB 3.62 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 0.00 KB 2.87 GB 4
It looks as if my client is really using that much transit.

I apologize for any inconvenience I've caused either of you.

What I need to know now, is following those instructions from John, did the second command clear my monthly summaries; it looks as if they're now lower than the total of these daily numbers.

Thanks.

Jeff